Logbook - January - April 2004

January 2004 We've got just the 2 months during our annual "break" to build a new doe barn from the ground up before kidding season begins with just the two of us doing all the work. Can we really do it?

1/3/04: We break ground for the new Doe Barn	1/8/04: Precise lay-out was important		Trenching for footings

Lots of rebar in the footings	1/10/04: Footings ready for the first concrete pour		More rebar or bonding to the first course of block

1/14/04: footings poured and set	1/14/04: Starting the first corner		The first few courses are critical

1/19/04: Making good progress - alomst ready for the first grout pour.

1/27/04: First grout pour done. Feed room slab ready to pour.	1/28/04: Starting the next section up
February 2004 The new barn work is going well but we've got a lot of VERY pregnant does waiting impatiently for their new home to be ready.

2/8/04: The walls are up, the final grout pour completed, and the feed room floor poured.

The roof trusses have arrived and we are anxious to begin erecting them

2/14/08: Trusses are in place and we work on the roof purlins			2/18/04: Metal roof panels are on and we start on the feed room walls

2/24/04: Feed room and manger system are completed			The Girls approve of the new design.

2/28/04: The barn is completed except for some finishing touches and "punch-list" items. Phew! We made it just in time for the first kiddings!
March 2004

Bosco gets trounced by a new kid
April 2004

Artie Kids!			Ordoño in his fashionable fly mask

Flash shares the manger with a kid		Feeding a bunch of kids on a "nipple bucket"

Goats in the barn new	Kids, kids and more kids!